Effects of volume and site of blood draw on blood culture results

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3482-3485

  Gonsalves, Wilson I ^a   Cornish, Nancy ^b   Moore, Michael ^a   Chen, Aimin ^a   Varman, Meera ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CANDIDA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN PUNCTURE; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 70449686246     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02107-08     Document Type: Article

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